Glory to Railway Workers, Heroes of Socialist Labor

Prints and Drawings

August 4, 1945

Viktor Pavlovich Sokolov
(Born Moscow, 1923; died Moscow, 1980)
Inna Mikhailovna Levidova
(Born St. Petersburg, 1916; died 1988)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Viktor P. Sokolov
Title: Glory to Railway Workers, Heroes of Socialist Labor
Place: Russia (Artist's nationality)
Date: 1945
Medium: Stencil
Inscriptions: In silent and anxious nights, In a blizzard, under the whistling of bombs, The engine-driver led His train to the war. The proud star is a deserved Award to the hero for his labor. His long journey ends With a new triumphant record.
Dimensions: 146 × 116.7 cm (57 1/2 × 46 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of the USSR Society for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Reference Number: 2010.168

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